Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374298556 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of The Word According to Eve, Just Curious, and God’s Jury. . He lives in Massachusetts with his family. About the AuthorCullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly
He is the author of The Word According to Eve, Just Curious, and God’s Jury. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. Cullen Murphy is the editor at large at Vanity Fair and the former managing editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
A poignant history of the cartoonists and illustrators from the Connecticut SchoolFor a period of about fifty years, right in the middle of the American Century, many of the the nation’s top comic-strip cartoonists, gag cartoonists, and magazine illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticuta bit of bohemia in the middle of those men in their gray flannel suits. Cartoon County gives us a glimpse into a very special communityand of an America that used to be.. Anarchic and deeply creative, the cartoonists were independent spirits whose artistic talents had mainly been forged during service in World War II.Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, cartoons, and drawings, Cartoon County brings the postwar American era alive, told through the relationship of a son to his father, an extraordinarily talented and generous man who had been trained by Norman Rockwell. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit groupSuperman, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, Rip Kirby, Hagar the Horrible, Hi and Lois,